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Want to be your best self? New Approaches can get you there.

At New Approaches in Portland, Maine, we offer therapy, coaching, and workshops designed to help you get the most out of your life.

Struggling with a life transition? Feeling stuck? We help clients not only cope, but to thrive, by developing new skills and perspectives.Areas of specialty include: stress management, pregnancy and postpartum, young adult issues, work/life balance, communication skills, relationships, anxiety, depression, and trauma.

If you feel that COVID-19 is a threat to your mental health as well as your physical health, you are not alone. Your mental health requires real attention. Being intentional about your mental health strategy can help you get through this strange and stressful time. The big changes we are making to help our collective well-being as we confront COVID-19 present new challenges to our mental health. Change, especially on this massive scale, is likely to feel difficult and daunting, manifesting feelings of anxiety, helplessness, and hopelessness. Certainty, familiarity and a sense of control are elements of our world that maintain a sense of safety and security. Typically, we feel best when these things are in place. Therefore, it’s natural to feel unsettled during this time of scary news and unprecedented social distancing. This current change is unanticipated and experienced at suchREAD FULL ARTICLE

“Hannah is solid, very intelligent, and seems to have endless amounts of emotional resilience for her clients.”

— Abigail, South Portland, Maine —

“I left feeling like I had a ‘bag of tools’ to access and felt a sense of empowerment and support.”

— S., Windham, Maine —

“I feel healthier, taller, and truer to myself since starting EMDR.”

— H., Portland, Maine —

“I am still shocked that all of that worry has been lifted. All thanks to Hannah!

— S.D. —

“The work I’ve done with Hannah has been a game changer in my day to day life.”

— A.M. —

“Hannah has been an unwavering source of inspiration and encouragement that has allowed me to discover and be my best self. I feel that anyone would benefit from the guidance she has to offer.”